EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

I had a sale last year, and I have no clue what happened to them. Making do with what I have around. I had a bistro table to assemble, so I did that today. I assembled one last year, but for some reason, kept putting off getting the 2nd one together. After I started, I remembered why it was still in the box 17 months after I got it. It is hard to put togther! There is the glass top, 4 metal legs, 2 circle things that the legs screw to in 2 places, 8 screws with washers, a very thin wrench, and some caps for the screwheads. The legs fit (haha) into these plastic cups around the under rim of the tabletop. They are not aligned, which I remembered after I started trying to fit the legs in, which by the way, don't fit. Or stay put. I ended up, probably like last time, trying pliers, Vice Grips, an incomplete rachet set (incomplete in that there wasn't a socket that fit the screw head) a different wrench, and another pair of pliers. I understand now why my Dad drank straight whiskey when he worked in his tool shop and why he didn't want us kids in there when he was working on something. I didn't drink today, but I sure cussed. It was so hard to assemble the table, I was amzed it took only about 30 minutes. The second pair of pliers worked the best, and when the screwheads were close enough to the leg of the table, I could use the incredibly thin wrench that came with the table to get the screws completely tight. I let my granddaughter put the caps on the screws. I took 2 ibuprofen and plan to avoid curling my fingers the rest of the day.

I won't know till morning if we will have the sale. It has been rainy, and it might rain tomorrow. We have a flood watch in effect. But, by golly, if I don;t have a yard sale, I can open a bistro!